I work in politics, so this year is very busy for me. Corel is my primary design program, and I'm currently using version 24.2.1.446 (September 2022). It works. Couple of annoying bugs, but at least I know about them and can work around them.
I have a couple of months off and have the following questions for you experts:
1. Will be buying a new computer (current computer is Win 10, and over 8 years old, so it's long past time) -- can I just install just the build of Corel I'm currently using (24.2.1.446), or will I have to install all Corel 2023 updates and/or Corel 2024?
2. Should I at least install the updates for Corel 2023, or will it break things that will annoy me? I'm not going to have a lot of time/energy to fight through new problems until 2025.
3. Should I install Corel 2024, or will that annoy me even more?
4. Finally, can I run Corel 2023 and Corel 2024 side by side, or will 2024 replace 2023? I've been using Corel since version 2, and FAR preferred having multiple versions of Corel around, but realize that times have changed. Sigh.
Thanks for any/all advice.
Thank you so much for the GREAT advice! Delighted to know that 2024 installed along side 2023 as a subscription (which I also have).... I do massive amounts of photo manipulation also, so I'm pleased to hear about your experiences with having lots of memory hog programs open. I'll take your advice and just wait to do anything until I've got the new computer going. (BTW, when I installed 2023 it broke 2020, which seriously pisses me off...never been able to get it to work again, sadly.) And, it cracks me when people ask if anyone's making money with Corel, because the answer is, uh, yeah. Hah!
From my experiance I'm sure you're going to have a busy year so always be cautious and plan some down time after the elections.
Are you using Photo-PAINT for your images?
As far as making money with CorelDRAW and Photo-PAINT, I did it since late in the version 3 cycle. I'm comfortably semi-retired now but needing to sooth my masochistic tendencies I took up photography as a hobby. My camera says I've taken 40,000 images and it inspired my wife to take up a birding hobby. Plenty of date days!